Car-starter



(No Model.)

G. B. BROADWELL.

GAB. STARTER. No. 310,556. l Patented Jan. 13, 1885.

. I I l Jag l UQ 5 Unrrnn Sra'rns artnr @rtree CHARLES B. BROADVELL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CARESTARTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,556, dated January 13, 1885.

(No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Bc it known that I, CHARLES B. BROAD WELL, a citizen ot' the United States, resid, ing in the city of New Orleans, parish ot' Orleans, State ot' Louisiana, have invented a new and useful CarStarter, ot'which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in car-starters in which a ratchet-wheel is secured to thc forward axle ot' a car, and works in conjunction with a counterweightcd annular wheel and pawl; and the objects of my invention are, iirst, to provide a means by which the car can bc easily started, thus sav-V ing the straining and tugging, and consequent wear and tear, of the animal pulling` the car; second, to afford facilities by which the car may be moved backward when the machine is attached to it, third, to provide a means by which the working parts are protected and kept from being injured by dust and dirt. l attain these objects by the mechanism-il] ustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a sideview ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view looking from top. Fig. 3 is a View looking` 'from the i'ront. Fig. 4 is a scction taken on plane N N, Fig. l. Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged views of the pawl. Fig. 7 is a view showing another method of attaching the machine to the cross-tree to which the animal is attached.

Similar letters refer to similar parts thron ghout the several views.

To the axle A of the car is secured the ratchet-wheel R by the key K, this ratchetwheel R being made in two parts and secured together by the bolts b b. The cogs c are made in the center of the periphery of Wheel, leaving a shoulder or flange, f, on each side of cogs c. Over this ratchet-wheel It, and revolving on the flange f, is fitted a counterbalanced annular wheel, C. This annular wheel C is made in two pieces and secured together by the bolts o o. The object of making these wheels in two pieces is to enable the machine to be attached without removing the wheels of car. One-halt` of this annular wheel C is provided with a counterbalancel weight, XV, and groove G, for receiving the chain h. This chain h is secured to the periphery of the annular wheel C by the bolt passing through the counter-weight XV. On the inside of the annular wheel C is placed a pawl, P. This pawl I is provided with a tongue, n, which iits into cogs c, and the shoulders s s rest on iiange fot' ratchet-wheel R. This pawl P is placed in the pocket made for it in the annular wheel G, and automatically puts the machine in and out ot' gear. The machine is placed on the axle A of the car, so that when thelcar is standing the counterweight WV pulls the annular wheel over, and the pawl P,.of its own gravity, falls into gear. Then the car is started, the annular wheel C, carrying the pawl P, revolves, and at the proper point the pawl P falls out ofjgear by its own gravity.

To the chain 71. is attached the rod D, which cross-tree T, and which movesin the guide H, placed at front end of car. The bar B is provided with the pin n and hole e, the operation being that when the car is started the animal pulls, by the cross-tree T, rod 1) and chain h, the annular wheel C, and by means of the pawl l? revolves the axle A of car, and at the proper point the pin n comes in contact with the guide H and the pawl l? drops out of gear, and the car is drawn by the pin n against the guide H, the object of the hole e being to admit of a pin being placed in same, in front of guide H, to keep the counterweight XV from pulling annular wheel over and putting pawl Pinto gear, by which means the car can be run backward Instead of thc above-described attachment for connecting the machine with cross-tree, I use the plan shown in Fig. 7, in which the cross-tree T is attached to the stationary drawhead F, secured to front end of car, the ends of cross-tree T having holes m an, through which the chain traces a; pass, and are secured to the cross-tree J, to which is attached the rod D, connected by chain h with the annular wheel C, the distance between the crosstree T and cross-tree J being sufficient to Start the car and pull the annular wheel C is attached tothe draw-bar B, carrying thel over till pawl P drops out of gear,'wl1en tho l annular wheel C, and the pawl P, provided car vis drawn by the cross-tree J, resting against I with tongue u and Shoulder s, all substantially 1o cross-tree TC as set forth, for the purpose specified.

What I claim as new, und desire to secure l 5 by Letters Patent, is GHAS. B. BROADWLLL.

In a car-starter, the combination of the ratchet-Wheel R, provided with the sunken NVitnlesses:

JULES GAPERIE,

@ogs e and ilanges f, with the ooun'terweighted T. F. COFFEY. 

